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Museum as Memory Ins-tu-ons There is an interest to document informa-on as not to forget. Museums are a place where society has been able to collect and preserve informa-on from the past. Informa-on has generally been collected as objects (tangible) and at -mes also as ideas (intangible). Collec-ng objects goes together with collec-ng knowledge. ICG -­‐ Trilce Navarrete

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Museum as Memory Ins-tu-ons • Brief history: The ﬁrst museum dates from 3rd century BC, the Museum of Alexandria: it housed knowledge in many forms, in the museum, libraries, (botanical) gardens and laboratories (and spaces for personal exchange). The museum served as center for learning with a universal collec-on. Diﬀerent objects transmit diﬀerent type of informa-on (words, object, image and text). This ideal holis-c view would last for centuries. ICG -­‐ Trilce Navarrete

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Museum as Memory Ins-tu-ons In the 16th century, a clear dis-nc-on emerged between types of collec-ons Cabinet of curiosi/es, or studios meant to collect scien-ﬁc collec-ons. They collected the ‘most rare and wondrous’ and therefore excluded 99.9% of the universe. The Studio was a closed room for study. "Musei Wormiani Historia", the frontispiece from the Museum Wormianum depicting Ole Worms cabinet of curiosities. ICG -­‐ Trilce Navarrete

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Museum as Memory Ins-tu-ons The word ‘museum’ would eventually encompass them all by signifying a process of organizing, compiling and colla-ng of objects. In the 16th century, ‘musaeum’ denoted a classiﬁcatory structure for a wide variety of texts, including dic-onaries (galleria di parole) and scien-ﬁc journals. Museums gave the organiza-on to all known ideas and artefacts, thus solving the apparent ‘crisis of knowledge’ of the 16th and 17th centuries (Findlen, 2007) ICG -­‐ Trilce Navarrete

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Museum as Memory Ins-tu-ons Science and technology museums gained popularity with the discovery of the ‘New World’ and with the great industrial advancements (World Fair, London 1851) 1851 London 1889 Paris ICG -­‐ Trilce Navarrete

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Museum as Memory Ins-tu-ons Other collec-ons evolved to become History museums, Zoological Gardens, and Open-­‐air museums. The Versailles menagerie during the reign of Louis XIV in the 17th century The Old Town—an open-air museum in ICG -­‐ Trilce Navarrete the city of Aarhus, Denmark

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Museum as Memory Ins-tu-ons Conclusions Museums are social ins-tu-ons that have collected, preserved and transmijed informa-on through the genera-ons. Objects and ideas are the core of the ins-tu-on. Museums’ role as social memory ins-tu-ons has become more prominent with the opening of Na-onal Galleries. Currently, the inclusion of intangible heritage and the use of media technology to reposi-on collec-ons new roles are being explored (Who’s heritage? Who’s story? Where to access?). ICG -­‐ Trilce Navarrete